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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Mozi predict the coming Stable Era to last in Chapter 11, "Three Body: Mozi and Fiery Flames"?
(a) Two years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Several eons.
(d) Six years.

2. Where is the United States National Radio Quiet Zone located that the narrator describes in Chapter 13, "Red Coast III"?
(a) Boston.
(b) West Virginia.
(c) Hollywood.
(d) New York City.

3. Ye Wenjie discovers in college that it is useless to excel at theory without what in astrophysics?
(a) Historical understanding.
(b) An understanding of ratios.
(c) Existential understanding.
(d) Experimental practice.

4. What does Captain Shi Qiang tell Wang he believes someone is working behind the scenes to accomplish in Chapter 10, "Da Shi"?
(a) To undermine the government.
(b) To ruin scientific research.
(c) To accelerate scientific research.
(d) To cause a world war.

5. What was Wu Han's profession?
(a) Painter.
(b) Poet.
(c) Writer.
(d) Historian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the May Seventh Cadre Schools described as in the Translator's Note in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?

2. How has Professor Ruan Wen committed suicide in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?

3. What was Wen Jie's profession?

4. When was the Planck satellite launched?

5. What gift does Ye Wenjie give to Wang Miao when he visits in Chapter 8, "Ye Wenjie"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the "microwave background" and how is it described in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"?

2. What setting is described when Wang logs onto the Three Body game in Chapter 11, "Three Body: Mozi and Fiery Flames"?

3. Why does Wang Miao visit Ye Wenjie's home in Chapter 8, “Ye Wenjie”?

4. Describe the narrative style in The Three-Body Problem. Does the narrative style change in the course of the novel?

5. What happens when the Stable Era begins in the Three Body game in Chapter 11, "Three Body: Mozi and Fiery Flames"?

6. What setting is established in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"? How is it described?

7. What is revealed in the "Translator's Notes" in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?

8. Who is Ye Zhetai? What is his character's importance in The Three-Body Problem?

9. When did the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution take place? Why is it important in The Three-Body Problem?

10. What setting is established in Chapter 4, “The Frontiers of Science"? How much time has passed as Part II: "Three-Body" begins?

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